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Terms of Use

These Terms of Use set out the rules for using voyageportals.com and its cruise-planning editorial content. Voyage Portals is an independent English-language New Zealand travel information website, created to help travellers read, compare and prepare for cruise journeys with greater confidence.

Effective date: 26 October 2026

Voyage Portals provides practical guidance on cruise ships, cabins, destinations, itineraries, ports, shore excursions, costs, packing and first-cruise planning. It is not a cruise line, booking operator or travel provider, and it does not sell cruises or make bookings on a visitor’s behalf.

Check before booking

Confirm changeable cruise details

Cruise schedules, ship facilities, prices, itineraries and inclusions can change. Travellers should confirm current information directly with the cruise line or authorised travel provider before booking. Our content can assist with planning and comparison, but it should not be treated as a final statement of what will be available on a particular voyage.

Verified ship information

Identifies sourced factual ship content. It remains subject to change and should be reconfirmed for your travel date.

Editorial guidance

Identifies general advice or editorial recommendations, not a guarantee or a personal recommendation for you.

Using the site and relying on information

Personal, lawful use

You may use Voyage Portals for personal, non-commercial cruise research and travel planning, provided you comply with these Terms of Use and applicable law. You may read our articles, save information for your own planning, and share links to publicly available pages. Your use must not interfere with the website, other visitors or the security and ordinary operation of the service. Accessing the site does not create a purchase agreement or a paid travel service.

Editorial guidance

Your travel decisions

Voyage Portals provides information to help you understand and compare cruise experiences. You remain responsible for your own travel choices, provider selection, bookings, insurance, travel documents, health considerations and timing. Our articles are not personalised travel, medical, immigration, financial or legal advice. If your circumstances require specialist guidance, including advice about health, entry requirements or travel cover, seek advice from an appropriately qualified or authorised source before you make decisions or travel.

Accuracy and changing details

We aim to present useful, carefully prepared material, but content can be updated, incomplete, unavailable or no longer current. This is especially relevant to operational details such as schedules, facilities, prices, itineraries and inclusions. A source note or verified-information marker identifies factual material we have distinguished from general advice; it is not a promise of current availability. Check details relevant to your plans directly with the cruise line or authorised travel provider before booking or travelling.

Confirmation reminder: Current schedules, facilities, prices, itineraries and inclusions must be confirmed with the cruise line or authorised travel provider.

Accounts, contributions and acceptable conduct

These terms explain the responsibilities that apply when you access the site or communicate with us through any available channel.

No assumption of accounts or services

Using this website does not create an account, agency, booking, advisory or other service relationship unless Voyage Portals separately confirms one in writing. The site is an independent information resource. Voyage Portals is not a cruise line or booking operator, and your use of its content alone does not appoint us to arrange travel or act for you.

Respectful and lawful conduct

When using the site, do not:

interfere with, disrupt or damage the website or its security;
attempt unauthorised access or bypass access controls;
introduce harmful code or use automated extraction that burdens the service;
use the site for unlawful, deceptive or misleading activity; or
impersonate another person or falsely suggest affiliation with Voyage Portals.

We may take reasonable steps to protect the site and its visitors where misuse is suspected.

Messages and submitted material

If you send material through an available channel, ensure it is accurate, lawful and free from harmful content. Do not send confidential information that you do not wish to share. You remain responsible for what you submit. We do not promise publication, a response time or any particular outcome from a message. For information about personal-information handling, please Read the Privacy Policy.

Content ownership and permitted sharing

Our content

The text, design, graphics, branding and other original material published on Voyage Portals are protected by applicable intellectual-property rights and remain the property of Voyage Portals or the relevant rights holders. Rights are reserved except where these Terms of Use or applicable law allow use. Nothing here claims ownership of third-party trade marks, cruise-line material or other content that belongs to its respective owner.

External websites and travel providers

External information

External links are for context

We may provide links to third-party websites as a practical reference. A link does not mean that Voyage Portals controls, endorses or guarantees an external website, its content or its information. Third-party terms, privacy practices, availability and content are governed by that external provider and may change or become unavailable. The presence of a link does not imply that a booking relationship exists.

Not a booking service

Providers and transactions

If Voyage Portals adds a link to a travel provider in the future, that provider will be identified. Any booking or transaction will be between you and that provider, not Voyage Portals. Review the provider’s current terms, inclusions, pricing and cancellation conditions before proceeding. Voyage Portals is not a cruise line or booking operator, and current cruise information should always be confirmed with the cruise line or authorised travel provider.

Before booking: confirm the current details that apply to your chosen voyage.

Disclaimers, liability and availability

Information provided as available

Voyage Portals is provided for general information and may be changed, suspended or unavailable from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we provide the website as available and do not promise uninterrupted access, error-free content or suitability for every visitor’s purpose. We may revise editorial content when information, sources or site features change.

Limits of responsibility

Travel planning involves choices that only you and the relevant provider can make. To the extent permitted by law, Voyage Portals is not responsible for loss or damage arising from reliance on site content, use of the site, an external website, or a decision made using information on the site. This includes where operational cruise information changes after publication. Nothing in this paragraph attempts to exclude responsibility where the law does not allow it to be excluded.

Consumer rights

Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to exclude rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law. This statement is a safeguard within these terms and is not legal advice about your particular circumstances or rights.

Practical confirmation reminder

Changes, contact and agreement

Changes to these terms

Voyage Portals may update these Terms of Use by publishing a revised version on this page. The effective date shown at the top identifies the current version. Please review these terms periodically, especially before relying on information for travel planning or using any new site feature.